Which means a decent, hard-working responsible citizen like me was being fleeced rates, poll tax, council tax or whatever, just to pay off the bike loan of a worker they employed to ride around the countryside.simoncc said:Years ago I worked for a council and had to visit places around the district in the course of my work. I had a Honda 125cc motorbike. When I first filled in the expenses form, I was asked the engine capacity of my car. I rang county hall and asked what I should do. They told me that the simplest thing would be to claim for the smallest capacity of car. I got so much money in the next 4 months that I paid off my bank loan for the motorbike. The bike did about 120 miles per gallon.
No, of course it isn't. And I'm a hatstand !bonj said:your cycle isn't a vehicle
You weren't being fleeced. I was paid the rate the elected council decided was appropriate to my claim. You were simply a victim of the council's inability to be careful with the public's money. I know how bungling councils can be in this respect. I speak from personal experience.Unkraut said:Which means a decent, hard-working responsible citizen like me was being fleeced rates, poll tax, council tax or whatever, just to pay off the bike loan of a worker they employed to ride around the countryside.
I hope the BBC doubles the licence fee ....![]()
Yes I can. There were no false pretences in my case. I told the council that I had a 125cc motorbike and how many miles I'd been on council business and they paid me what they considered appropriate. What made me laugh was that when I first returned from a job my boss took me aside and told me that I'd made a fundamental error by going out early and returning before lunch. The best thing to do, he said, was to go out at about 11am and return in the afternoon, so becoming eligible to claim a lunch allowance. As I said, I have personal experience about how careful councils are with our cash.papercorn2000 said:Still, I suppose it means that you can't really criticise people who sponge off the taxpayer under false pretences.